SET APART CHRISTIANS

Read Luke 7:1-50 The story talks about Jesus, having a meal at Simon the Pharisee. At this point of time, Jesus was highly controversial. The Pharisees were using anyway possible to destroy Him. In the middle of the meal, a prostitute came into the house and poured perfume on Jesus’ feet and broke down in worship. Before we go further with this story, has it ever occurred to you that this prostitute just walked into the house of a religious leader like a walk in the park? The only possible reasons for this chance are: the prostitute has access to the Simon’s house or that she has been to the house before. In verse 44 Jesus said to Simon, “Do you SEE this woman?” Often times we look through people without seeing them. How often do we look at people as idiot drivers, weirdo, or fat instead of seeing them as a human being? Simon looked at her as a sinful woman, Jesus saw her as a broken human being. Through this perspective, Simon missed Jesus because he was too busy j...

Acts 16:22-26 22  The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.   23  After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer  was commanded to guard them carefully.   24  When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25  About midnight  Paul and Silas  were praying and singing hymns  to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.   26  Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.  At once all the prison doors flew open,  and everyone’s chains came loose. Paul & Silas were taking the gospel to Europe. As they advance, the devil was ready to attack. The collision with the devil is inevitable in our life. If you don’t collide against the devil, you might be heading in the same direction ...

Just like the girl in the movie ‘Wreck It Ralph’, we have glitches in our life. 2 Corinthians 10:7-12 7  You are judging by appearances. [ a ]  If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ,  they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.   8  So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us  for building you up rather than tearing you down,  I will not be ashamed of it.   9  I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters.   10  For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive  and his speaking amounts to nothing.”   11  Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present. 12  We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.  When they measure themselves by themselves and compar...

How often do we miss out because we aren’t receptive enough? As rare as the usage of the word ‘receptive’ might be, the attitude of receptivity might not be practiced as much in this modern day society. Since there is nothing new under the sun, we live in a world where it is very hard to be surprised. Week in and week out we pace ourselves into our church building with knowing what’s gonna happen every single week. 3 or 4 songs. 3 minutes announcement & offering Church News 30 minutes of sermon Altar Call Closing prayer and song Since we know so much about what’s going to happen, sometimes we pass on every week without being receptive enough to give full attention to what God is trying to tell us through the service. Attention  -> Retention  -> Intention  -> Invention That is the power of receptivity. Without the attitude of receptivity, you lose attention to the messages (verbal or non-verbal) ...